The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-08

lathe" which must prove very valuable and
! almost indispensable TO the profession. 1t
! will be very desirable to travelling dentists,
as the two machines are combined In one,
and can be carried in very small box and
weighs only few pounds.
| The Circuit Court adjourned at Orlando
last Friday stopping in the midst of the
case of Mrs. Johns VS.. the South Florida
Railway Company on account OF the illness
of the wife of Mr.. Davis, one Of the jury
| men. Judge Broome arrived in the city on
| Tuesday and the court resumed its session
! Wednesday morning, taking up the same
| case.
The tie trade seems TO be a profitable in
| dustry at Bombay, Judging from the num-
bers who are engaged in it, and as the Pen
sacOla and Atlantic railway are thoroughly
| overhauling their roadbed, the demand will
in all probability continue brisk, thus afford
ing employment at paying figures to many
of the poorer settlers who are averSe TO en-
gaging in public work, and who are scarcely
in position from the lack Of funds to strike
out for themselves.
The Oakland Sun SAYS that Judge j. G.
Speer has fine field of corn on the margin
of Lake Apopka, the stalks of which are
from to II feet high and few apparently
IL. Adjoining this cornfeld is tract Of
ground upon which upland rice has been
planted, and which is in a flourishing condi-
ton, n crop of corn having previously been
gathered from the same piece Of ground
this year. The soil of both fields is very
rich, being of deep chocolate color, and
would raise some of the finest vegetables in
the world.
AT Apalachicola few days ago little
Frank Messina, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Messina, lad Of some years, and the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruni, were
drowned. They went out Grabbing some
time during the afternoon, and not coming
home when near dark a search was lnstl-
tuted for them. The search revealed a hat
of one of the children on the wharf at Munro
q Co. IS lumber pile Several parties then
got sponge poles and began to fish upon the
bottom. In short while the body of the
little girl was brought to the top of the
water and thence to the wharf, and some
time after the body Of little Frank was
fished up from near the same spot. The
bodies were disfigured somewhat by the
crabs.
James Chester colored. convicted in Sa
vannah some six years ago of the murder OF
his wife, was arrested in Apalachicola last
week by Officer Medley and confined in the
county Jail where he remained up to Tues
day last when he was turned over to Sheriff
Pattison, of cambridge. Chester said that
he was sent up for five years, but was re
leased after four years and five months for
good behavior, and that therefore he was
arrested wrongfully. He told Officer Ned
ley i'll the Jail that sometime since he had a
difficulty with the mate of a vessel lying at
Darien, Ga. that the mate ATTEMPTED to
shoot him, whereupon he attacked the mate
with a knife and cut him. did you kill
him" queried the officer "Wel i now, that
is another thing" replied the prisoner
On the old sugar plantations of which
there are number around st. Augustine,
the finest onions in the world can be raised.
On the old Casacola plantation, owned by
Hon. Frank B. Genovar, barrels of them
are raised annually. The difficulty has been
to preserve them so that they will not
sprout or decay. A reporter has been shown
some onions by Mr. Bartolo Genovar,
which he has had in his possession for some
five months which have been preserved by
steaming and afterward kiln-drying them.
Mr. Genovar is of the opinion that, with
this method of keeping onions, their culture
will prove very valuable addition to the
agricultural resources of the State. He in
tends to go into the business extensively
and is confident that in a few years Florida
will not only raise enough onions for home
consumption, but will be able also to raise
them for export.
A wooden building on the north side of
Church street, belonging to Mrs. V. p.
Robinson and occupied by MesSrs. Davis az
was burned at Orlando Sunday night. The
stock Of Davis q Davis, consisting of corn,
oats, peas, bacon, hay canned goods, etc.
was almost entirely destroyed, such as was
not burned being ruined with water. 1t was
valued at 81 900 and was insured for $3.50 in
the St Paul Insurance Company
| A part of the building was used by
Capt. T. w. Shine as a storage room
| for furniture. Before the fire had made
| much Roadway an attempt was made to
| save this, but the room was so full of smoke
| that it could not be entered. The furniture
was damaged by fire and water to the ex-
| tent of 500. Some damage was also sus-
| tanned by Mr.. Wuerfel, of the Franklin
| House. His house was emptied of its CON
| tents and some of the furniture was broken
| The origin of the fire is a mystery. 1t is
not thought that it was incendiary.
At Apalachicola Wednesday morning
| Lewis Williams and wife became engaged
| in difficulty and it is said that Lewis
! struck his wife, whereupon Williams wifes
| daughter picked up a brick and struck
| Williams with it, At this provocation Will
| Hams picked up Ratchet and threw it at
| the girl, narrowly missing her head the
! Ratchet striking the fence in the rear of the
| girl. Then Williams wife started TO go for
a policeman, when, eye witnesses say,
| Williams attacked the woman, and
made her go back into the house
| Going into the house she pro-
cured pistol, and leveling it at Williams,
pulled the trigger Failing to hit him she
/ fired the second time with like success. At
the third attempt she had the pistol to Will
Jams breast, and Williams sprang toward
her aad caught hold of her hands
| throwing them behind her just as the
! pistol was discharged. Had Williams de-
layed a second he would have received the
contents of the pistol in his breast. The
beligerents were interviewed by His Honor,
Mayor Rice.